ok, its kinda long, but I'll try to shorten it up a bit. I had two good friends pass away in an auto accident that I was also in back in 2003. They were brothers. One day while I was visiting their grave, I believe it was my first time there, I was thinking about them and praying to God that I wish I could talk to them again. When I looked up, I saw in the distance two Sandhill cranes. One bigger, one smaller. (The one brother was older and taller). I didn't think much of it, sand hill cranes are a common occurrence where I live in Fl. So I went back to praying, and when I looked up again, they were right in front of me. They seemed to be checking me out as they were digging for grubs right around the grave. It felt kinda surreal, as they didn't seem afraid of me, and by they way they would look at me. It was almost as if they were looking through the birds eyes, telling me it was alright. I think I even said out loud, is it really you guys? Can they see me, Lord? Funny thing is, when I told this story to a mutual friend of ours who also goes way back with the brothers, he said he had a similar experience where he saw two cranes flying along side of the car he was in at the exact moment he was thinking of them. Gave us both goosebumps while we told each other our stories.